Utrecht School of the Arts

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The Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU — Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht Dutch) is a performing arts and visual arts educational institution in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The institution has 570 teachers and staff members. The HKU cooperates with the Utrecht University at many levels, and in 1987 consolidated the Utrecht Conservatory, Carillon School and the Dutch Institute for Church Music into the HKU music department.

The Utrecht School of the Arts offers preparatory courses, bachelor and master's programmes and research degrees in fine art, design, music, theatre, media, games and interaction and arts management.

With more than 3,700 students, the Utrecht School of the Arts is one of the largest art and culture-oriented institutes in Europe.

The Utrecht School of the Arts is internationally oriented and involved in numerous international programmes and projects. The HKU maintains contact with almost 200 educational institutions abroad for the purpose of exchanging lecturers, students and projects. Almost 20% of the students come from outside the Netherlands. Foreign students can attend the HKU as a regular student, an exchange student in programmes such as Socrates/Erasmus, a bilateral exchange programme or as an MA, MPhil or PhD student.

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[edit] Bachelor programmes

The Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU) offers bachelor courses and pathways in fine art, design, music, theatre, media, games and interaction, arts education and arts management.

Courses in English:

  • Bachelor of Fine Art (partially)
  • Bachelor of Music


Courses in Dutch:

  • Bachelor of Art and Economics (BAE)
  • Bachelor of Art and Technology
  • Bachelor of Design
  • Bachelor of Education
  • Bachelor of Theatre

Courses in English for Exchange students: The Utrecht School of the Arts offers courses for international students, who wish to study 1 or 2 semesters abroad.

[edit] Master's programmes

At the Utrecht School of the Arts, you can choose from a variety of master's courses and pathways in English:

Master of Arts in Arts Management Master of Arts in Design Master of Arts in Fine Art European Media Master of Arts (EMMA) Master of Music

Courses in Dutch: Master of Education in Arts


[edit] Other Higher Education institutions in Utrecht

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Hogescholen (higher professional education institutions)[1] in the Netherlands

Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten | ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de kunsten | Avans Hogeschool | Codarts Hogeschool voor de kunsten | Christelijke Agrarische Hogeschool Dronten | Christelijke Hogeschool de Driestar | Christelijke Hogeschool Ede | Christelijke Hogeschool Nederland | Design Academy Eindhoven | Fontys Hogescholen | Gereformeerde Hogeschool | Gerrit Rietveld Academie | De Haagse Hogeschool | Hanzehogeschool Groningen | HAS Den Bosch | Hogeschool van Amsterdam | Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen | Hogeschool van de beeldende kunsten, muziek en dans | Hogeschool de Horst | Hogeschool Diedenoord | Hogeschool Domstad | Hogeschool Drenthe | Hogeschool Edith Stein / Onderwijscentrum Twente | Hogeschool Helicon | Hogeschool INHOLLAND | Hogeschool IPabo | Hogeschool voor de kunsten | Hogeschool Leiden | Hogeschool Rotterdam | Hogeschool Utrecht | Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein | Hogeschool Zeeland | Hogeschool Zuyd | Hogeschool Den Haag | Iselinge Educatieve Faculteit | Katholieke Pabo Zwolle | Marnix Academie | NHTV internationaal hoger onderwijs Breda | Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden | Pedagogische Hogeschool De Kempel | Technische Hogeschool Rijswijk | Saxion Hogeschool | Stoas Hogeschool | Christelijke Hogeschool Windesheim | Zuid Nederlandse Hogeschool voor Muziek

1.^  The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, on its English website, translates hogescholen with "higher professional education institutions." See page 61 of "Tertiary education". Eurydice; the education system in the Netherlands 2007. Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. 2007-11-01. http://www.minocw.nl/documenten/en_2006_2007.pdf. : "Dutch higher education comprises higher professional education (HBO) and university education (WO). These types of education are provided by HBO institutions (hogescholen) and universities respectively."
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Utrecht Network of European inter-university cooperations

Austria: University of Graz · Belgium: University of Antwerp · Czech Republic: Masaryk University · Denmark: University of Aarhus · Estonia: University of Tartu · Finland: University of Helsinki · France: Université Lille Nord de France  · University of Strasbourg · Germany: University of Bochum · Leipzig University · Greece: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki  · Hungary: Eötvös Loránd University · Iceland: University of Iceland · Ireland: University College Cork · Italy: University of Bologna · Latvia: University of Latvia · Lithuania: Vilnius University · Malta: University of Malta · Netherlands: Utrecht School of the Arts · Utrecht University · Norway: University of Bergen  · Poland: Jagiellonian University · Portugal: University of Coimbra · Romania: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University · Slovakia: Comenius University in Bratislava · Slovenia: University of Ljubljana · Spain: Complutense University of Madrid · Switzerland: University of Basel · United Kingdom: Queen's University Belfast  · University of Hull ·
European University Association · Networks of European universities · ERASMUS programme

Coordinates: 52°13′12″N 5°11′27″E / 52.22011°N 5.19079°E / 52.22011; 5.19079

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